What Happens When You Make a Flame Thrower, Pen and Tuning Fork 10,000 Times Smaller Than a Human Hair?

In the 1989 film Honey I Shrunk the Kids, a nutty scientist invents a machine that miniaturizes objects. Fast forward 20 years and scientists at the University of Utah are using miniaturized tools in...

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